bobgoode
Active member
Sorry to sound geeky but having viewed the clip, was there a boat I should have been looking at?
Excellent work Mr Bond! Your next mission is to get the owner to come and say hello on here and fill us in on his plans!I've found it do I win a prize ?
She's in Shepperton marina (on the Thames).
Looks like somebody is spending some money on her
Are you sure you can;t see the ppics. They're below the "This boat has been sold" waffle....I know my way around the boatshed website and i am registered, but when I clicked the link to the boat last night it said it had been sold and hence the ad was withdrawn and so I couldn't view the pictures
I remember looking at the advert and thinking where did the money that the guy claimed to have spent actually go? It appeared in all the photos to be thoroughly shedlike, and for the scrap value of the engines and jetdrives worth about half what he was asking. Neglected high performance marine diesels (they were big Cummins V8s IIRC, 855s) are almost invariably a big pit into which you can pour money to no useful purpose. Pretty boat though, renovated and re-engined with some new Cummins QSBs it would be a beast.
If anyone finds themselves as Shepperton, would be interesting to know if the boat's still there.
Pete
Thanks Mapis. If it was my money I think I'd re-engine to something a bit more modern and try and emulate the original exhaust note. That wouldn't be cheating would it?
If anyone finds themselves as Shepperton, would be interesting to know if the boat's still there.
Pete
Well, if I should restore her aiming also at some sort of historical value, I guess that keeping the original propulsion would be "de rigueur".If it was my money I think I'd re-engine to something a bit more modern and try and emulate the original exhaust note. That wouldn't be cheating would it?
LOL, I was writing my reply and got a phone call in between, so I didn't read your comment before posting mine.Noise, pipe motors up with 6 inch tubes high transom exits with no mufflers just as Fountain do, and it will sound like it is on steroids.
LOL, I was writing my reply and got a phone call in between, so I didn't read your comment before posting mine.
A clear cut case of great minds think alike, if I've ever seen one!
I am open to a commission........Two 903's equals over three tonnes, two 480's sqidge over 1,300 kg. Out with whole drive line, jets you can keep em! Pair of Mercruiser NXT drives will certainly be no heavier than those old jets.
I feel 60+ knots and a big rooster tail coming on real easy!
Noise, pipe motors up with 6 inch tubes high transom exits with no mufflers just as Fountain do, and it will sound like it is on steroids.
Witnessed an ex Sir Max Aitken Cummins V8 race special 742 cu inch shorter stroke older version of 903 running on the dyno at well over 3,000 rpm terryfing, two of these in Gypsy Girl or Merry Go Round on CTC race must have been at best tedious. Short stroke diesel engine simply nuts.